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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Training for the invasion of Japan.
(b) Fighting in the South Pacific.
(c) Fighting in Germany.
(d) Fighting in France.

2. Why did MacArthur land twice when returning to the Philippines?
(a) He wanted to be sure everyone saw the landing.
(b) He didn't feel well and went back to the ship.
(c) For the movie cameras.
(d) He forgot his hat.

3. Why were the soldiers forbidden to keep diaries?
(a) They were instructed to forget the tragedies they saw.
(b) Diaries found by the enemy could give information.
(c) There would be no time to sit and write.
(d) Families should be protected from sad information.

4. What did Betty Hutchinson say WWII veterans told their children about the war?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Horror stories.
(c) Funny events.
(d) Patriotic slogans.

5. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?
(a) Humanities majors.
(b) Science majors.
(c) Math majors.
(d) Music majors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What racism did Sheril Cunning experience growing up in California?

2. How long did a recruit from another country have to be in the U.S. army to become a citizen?

3. How did American soldiers kill Hawaiian civilians?

4. What percentage of the marines in the Guadalcanal campaign were under twenty-one years of age?

5. Why did the Germans want to keep the American prisoners of war out of Allied hands?

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